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<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li class=h1><h1>Scheduling a report or document to be sent to a printer 
 </h1></li>
</ul>
<p>You can have a report or document automatically sent to a printer on 
 a specific schedule. </p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>To deliver reports and documents on a schedule in MicroStrategy 
 Web, you must own the MicroStrategy Distribution Services product.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>To deliver a report to a printer, the printer must be 
 available on your organization’s network.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To print a report or document on a schedule</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Click on the name of the report or document. The report 
 or document opens.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Home</B></span> 
 menu, point to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Subscribe to</B></span>, and 
 select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Printer</B></span>. The Schedule Delivery 
 to Printer dialog box opens.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Type a name for the subscription in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Name</B></span> 
 field.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>From the Schedule drop-down list, select a schedule 
 or event. The schedule choices available are created in the Schedule Manager 
 in Desktop.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="5" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Determine the delivery location for the report/document 
 by doing one of the following: </p></li>
</ol>
<ul><ul>
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>If the printer 
 you want to deliver to is available in the drop-down list next to <span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Printer</B></span>, select the printer.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>To add printers 
 to the drop-down list, click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Printer</B></span>. 
 The Recipients Browser dialog box opens.</p></li>
		<ol type="a" class="whs3">
			
<li class=p><p>To search for an existing printer on your network, 
 type a printer name in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Find</B></span> 
 field.</p></li>
			
<li class=p><p>To select a printer (recipient) to be added 
 to the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Location</B></span> drop-down list, 
 move one or more printers from the list on the left to the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>To</B></span> 
 list on the right.</p></li>
			
<li class=p><p>To add printers (recipients) to the drop-down 
 list, type a name in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Address Name 
 </B></span>field for the printer you are adding. In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Physical</B></span> 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Address </B></span>field, specify a path 
 for the printer. An example of a properly specified path is: <span class=Code><br>

			\\domain-print1\ID-123HP</span>. Select a printer from the 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Device</B></span> drop-down list. Click <span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add to Recipients</B></span> when you are finished 
 defining the new recipient.</p></li>
		</ol>
	</ul>
</ul>
<p class="whs4"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Notes</B></span>: 
 </p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p class="whs4">Any locations you create 
 must be accessible from the machine on which Distribution Services is 
 installed.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p class="whs4">Special characters such 
 as * ? : &quot; &lt; &gt; and , are not supported when typing the printer 
 path.</p></li>
</ul>
<ol type="a" class="whs3">
	<ol start="4" type="a" class="whs3">
		
<li class=p><p class="whs5">Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span> 
 when you are finished selecting printers to be added to the Location drop-down 
 list.</p></li>
	</ol>
	<ul>
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p>To specify a 
 new printer location, type the network location of the printer in the 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Printer path</B></span> field. An example 
 of a properly specified path is: <span class=Code>\\domain-print1\ID-123HP</span>.</p></li>
		<ul type="square" class="whs6">
			
<li class=p><p>You can add the current date, time and/or recipient's 
 name to the printer path. Hover your cursor over the <img src="images/details_subsc.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="15px" height="15px" border="0" class="img_whs7"> icon to see the correct syntax to use when 
 adding this shortcut.</p></li>
		</ul>
	</ul>
</ol>
<ol start="6" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Expand page-by fields</B></span>: 
 Displayed only when the report contains grouped objects. Select this check 
 box to print all objects in the Page-by drop-down lists when printing 
 a report. To print only the objects currently displayed (currently selected 
 in the Page-by field), clear this check box. For an introduction to page-by, 
 see 
<a href="Pageby.htm">Grouping data by page: Page-by</a>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Specify print options, such as the range of report/document 
 pages to print, number of copies, and whether or not to collate the printed 
 pages.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>To preview the report/document delivery, select the 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Send a preview</B></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>now</B></span> 
 check box. The delivery is sent immediately. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Expand the<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> Advanced 
 Options</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Do not deliver after</B></span>: 
 You can select a date when the subscription will expire. To do this, click 
 the calendar and select a date.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>If you have selected multiple recipients, the following 
 options are displayed.</p></li>
	<ol type="a" class="whs3">
		
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Allow recipients 
 to change delivery settings</B></span>: Select this check box to let the recipients 
 make changes to the settings. For example, the recipient can change the 
 prompt answers for the subscription or change the time of day the report 
 or document is sent.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Allow recipients 
 to change personalization</B></span>: Select this check box to let the recipients 
 make changes to the personalization. This option allows the recipient 
 to edit the subscription properties.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Allow recipients 
 to unsubscribe</B></span>: Select this check box to let the recipients unsubscribe 
 from this scheduled delivery.</p></li>
	</ol>
	
<li class=p><p>To have a notification email sent when the report/document 
 is delivered on the specified schedule, select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Send 
 notification to email address</B></span> check box.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>For a report or document with prompts, all prompts are 
 displayed if you are not subscribing to an open report. The selections 
 you make for these prompts will be used whenever the report/document is 
 delivered. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>. The 
 file will be delivered to the specified printer on the specified schedule. 
 </p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs8">To verify that you are subscribed to the report 
 or document, click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>My Subscriptions</B></span> 
 at the top of any page. The report appears in the Print Subscriptions 
 list.</p>
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